ISBN:

• 9781476777177
• 1476777179

Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.

Description: x, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Aristocrats and Vandals
• The Renaissance
• The Entrepreneur and the Lady
• The Magnificent Robber Barons
• All The Boss's Men
• A Different Kind of Rivalry
• The Fan
• The Screw Turns
• One Last Kick in the Pants
• The Employee
• Can't Lose 'Em All
• Big Apple Circus
• When the Royals Were Not So Royal
• The Talent and the Temper
• The Game
• The Ninth
• The Rules Nerd
• In the Spirit of the Rules
• The Boss is Burning
• The Resumption
• Post-Pine-Tar Depression
• To the Victors?
• Different Kind of Rivalry
• All Is (Almost) Forgiven.

LCCN: 2014049797

Control Number: 1573679

Subjects:

• Baseball -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
• Baseball -- Rules -- History.
• Kansas City Royals (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
• New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century.
• Pine Tar Game, New York, N.Y., 1983.